The only way to torque those inner bolts on the manifolds is by using a crows foot and an offset calculation table. I used to do that allot during my career in the Nuclear industry. I just recently installed mine and I don’t own a set of crows feet so I used the torque wrench on the outer ones and guesstimated on the inners.
You can get a rough idea of what 30 lbs torque feels like by using a bolt and nut, the same diameter and pitch as the manifold bolts and clamp the bolt in the vice so the thread is sticking out the top and the head is up against the bottom of the jaws so it can’t be pulled thru. Add a washer and nut, then torque to 30 ft. Lbs. Now mark the nut in relation to the vice and take the wrench your going to use to tighten the manifold bolts and break the nut free. Now tighten the nut back to your marks. Do this a few times and you’ll to get an idea of what 30 ft. lbs. feels like.
Most people just tighten them with a wrench!
Last edited by Phak1; 12/22/2020 1:49 PM.
